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Fitness and Fun in the Sun

MissyMaintains — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:20:47 +0000

Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend! I spent my weekend doing my three favorite things: drinking, exercising, and laying in the sun! I will do little recap using mostly pictures.

On Friday night, I went to the Frying Pan for my friend’s birthday. The Frying Pan is a boat that is turned into a bar. The weather was perfect!

Dori and I enjoyed a few shots of vodka and several drinks.

I was slightly hungover the next day but still managed to wake up for Central Park intenSati! The sun was shining and the workout was amazing!

This is my friend Norn and I hanging out in Columbus Circle enjoying the sun before class!

We had a great time dancing around the park! I seriously get a kick out of tourists stopping to take pictures and joining in! It makes it so much fun! If you will be in NYC on June 11, please join us for another free class in the park! For more details, check out my post from Friday!

That night, I went to a Mets/Phillies game with my sister and her husband’s family.

My sister is a traitor!! She converted to a Mets fan after marriage. Blah!

Of course the Phillies won and I got to check out my future boyfriends all night…

Cole Hamels and a delicious view of Chase Utley!! In love!!!

We had a blast and drank more beers than I could count!

On Sunday morning, I headed into the city for Darbi’s intenSati class at Equinox! It was awesome as always!!

I guess my A.D.D. was kicking in?

Later that day, I headed into Long Island with my sister and her for a BBQ at his parents’ house. We had lots of beer and burgers around his pool.

Today,Exer I kept the exercising and outdoor drinking theme going! I started off my day with Bergen’s Core Fusion Cardio class with Dori! I purchased a 10-pack of classes on Rue La La last week so I get to start taking lots of Core Fusion again! I’ve definitely been craving it lately! Bergen is such a great instructor and the class was hard and just amazing! Loved it! After class, Dori and I headed to Whole Foods to prepare for our picnic in Central Park!

The park was packed with people playing frisbee, baseball, and laying out. It is the closest thing we have to a beach without heading into Long Island!

We made what we would like to call, “Blueprint Cleanse Sangria!”

We bought bottles of Blueprint Cleanse Pineapple, Apple, and Mint juice and mixed it with white wine and blueberries. It was delicious and the healthiest Sangria I’ve ever had! Organic Avenue cleanse? No thank you! A Sangria cleanse is much more up my alley. We enjoyed salads from Whole Foods with our drinks.

We had awesome vegan chocolate chip cookies for dessert!

We relaxed in the sun the entire day and even got a visit from Kristine from Shape Up NYC! The sun makes me a very happy girl.

I am finishing off the night with a delicious dinner from the Tower Diner. Yes, I am being super lazy.

I got a salad and a portobello mushroom and mozzarella cheese wrap delivered.

I am also sipping one more classy glass of wine. My birthday is coming up…I think someone needs to buy me some wine glasses!!

Perfect holiday weekend!

What was your favorite part of the weekend?

Mine was probably the Phillies game and Central Park today!

What are you looking forward to in June?

I am going to South Beach next weekend and the following weekend is my birthday! I plan to drink all day long on a rooftop bar. It is going to be a great month!

Have a good night!

Week of Blog Meetups!

MissyMaintains — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:54:08 +0000

Last week was full of great blog meetups!! I got to reunite with Ellie from Inside I’m Still Dancing who was visiting all the way from Scotland. We met about a year ago at Sea Thai restaurant and have been tweeting with each other ever since! I also got to meet Yelena from One Healthy Apple! Yelena tweeted to me, “Are you the official NYC welcoming blogger tour?” I’d say so!

On Wednesday, I met Ellie, Mari, and Monique at Whole Foods!

Poor Ellie injured her foot and was wobbling around Whole Foods on crutches! She has the cutest Scottish accent by the way. I could listen to her talk forever! We told her she needs to start vlogging so we can listen to her all day!

I made a giant salad of course.

It contained beets, carrots, feta cheese, hummus, seaweed salad, string beens, roasted broccoli, asparagus, and brussels sprouts. I swear my salads are always $2 or $3 extra in the winter because of the giant roasted vegetables! Totally worth it though.

As we were eating, Mo let out a loud gasp out of nowhere! We saw 2 guys coming towards our table! She shrieked in excitement, “He’s from… So You Think You Can Dance!!!” We all stared and he totally knew we recognized him. We sat next to Alex Wong in Whole Foods!

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I am a stalker and took a picture of his butt. He is the one on the left.

We wanted to go up to him and ask him to dance for us but I think that would have been a little creepy!! Instead, we just sat and enjoyed our nice view of his butt.

We also enjoyed some Baked by Melissa cupcakes courtesy of Mo!

I had a Tie-Dye!

And my favorite….Cinnamon!

I love them!! They are the perfect size!

After Whole Foods, we went to Starbucks and chatted for at least an hour with some decaf coffee. Ellie convinced us that we need to have a conference in Scotland so we can play in the castles! I am not a huge fan of blog conferences but I am totally up for going to one inside a castle! It was a great night!!

On Sunday, I had another blog meetup at Spring Street Natural. I met Yelena for the first time and got to see Gabriela from Une Vie Saine again! Mari and I took the subway to Yelena’s hotel and brought her to the restaurant.

Thank you to Gabriela for taking most of these pics. She got nominated to take the pictures since she has a fancy SLR camera!

We started off with delicious bread!

I don’t know if this was pumpkin or carrot bread….but it was amazing!

The 4 of us had a really hard time deciding what to order! The entire menu sounded great! Eventually I went with the Vegetable and Brown Rice platter with tofu, black beans, tahini, and seaweed.

I loved this! I need to start eating with chopsticks more often! I finally took my time eating since I suck at using them.

My lunch was good but Mari’s pumpkin ravioli was out of this world! I want to go back to the restaurant just to order the ravioli!! The service at the restaurant was not so great but that just gave us more time to chit-chat!

Mari and I tried to show Yelena around the Village after but the two of us have absolutely no sense of direction. We ended up walking for over an hour in Tribeca and ended up by the World Trade Center!

We definitely gave Yelena a nice walking tour of New York! It was great meeting her finally!

So…who is coming to New York next? I like visitors…hint hint!

Single Edition Event #2 and Gum Update!

MissyMaintains — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:13:45 +0000

Hello friends! On Monday, I started my new job and love it so far! I am still learning everything but love being busy all day. Tomorrow my department is holding a welcome breakfast for me with bagels and cream cheese! Definitely something to look forward to in the morning. Today after work, I went to my 2nd Single Edition “Live the Life You Love Event.” I was able to squeeze in a little 20 minute elliptical session now that I get out of work a bit earlier. 20 minutes is better than nothing…right!? I met Mari and Monique after my quickie and headed into the Samsung store.

The appetizers were pretty similar to the first event.

I made a small plate since I knew we would be eating at Whole Foods after!

The bread on the left tasted like pizza! Once again, the candied walnuts were my favorite!

Tonight’s topics included:

Carolyn Kelley North, “How to Dump the Slumps! Way to Boost your mood when “dating fatigue” sets in.”

Helen Kim: “A Woman’s Guide to Your Money Relationship.”

Kathryn Kaycoff-Manos and Lauri Berger de Brito:“Fertility 101: Essential Tips for the Single Woman.”

All of the topics were pretty interesting! We got great swag bags again!

The bag included a pretty notebook, Neuro Bliss, lip gloss, arousal oils, Girl’s Night Box of Questions, and my favorite…..

BUMP-A-CUP!!! I will let you guys know how Bump-a-Cup works out for me.

The night ended with a wonderful Whole Foods salad.

As far as my gum chewing goes, I did not stick with my goal! Sorry guys! I am usually better at sticking with goals when I announce them on the blog. I really could not go one day without it! I am happy to say that I am chewing a lot less at work now that I am busy all day. Hopefully this continues. I should go spit my gum out now and go to bed! I have bagels waiting for me in the morning! Have a good night!

Don’t forget to enter my NatureMade TripleFlex giveaway!

“Live the Life You Love” Event 1

MissyMaintains — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:57:11 +0000

Last night I attended part 1 of the “Live the Life You Love“ event series.

About:

Live the Life You Love is a three part, women’s-only lifestyle series will consist of meaningful conversations with a panel of trusted professional experts. Each seminar offers insight, innovative tips and creative ideas to help you thrive at work, home and in your community. Not to mention a great opportunity to meet other fabulous single women just like you!

I really enjoyed the 3-part series last year so I knew I wanted to attend again this time around. Sherri, the founder of SingleEdition.com, was nice enough to let me (and a MissyMaintains reader) attend for free! Monique was the lucky winner of my ticket giveaway last week so we met at Columbus Circle before the event. It took place in the Samsung store this year. There were pretty electronic devises everywhere!

The first thing we saw (besides lots of TV’s) was food!!!

I should have took notes on what each appetizer was! The plate below was some sort of bread (can’t remember what was on top but it was good!)

More bread with BACON!! Anything with bacon is okay in my book.

Raisin rye bread and walnut whole wheat bread.

3 different cheeses, candied walnuts, and a pear jam:

I tried one of everything!

Mo and I both agreed that the best part of the spread was the candied walnuts! We may or may not have went back for seconds. I felt really weird eating this stuff on a table full of shiny, new laptops. I tend to break all electronics. I guess that’s why there was no alcohol this year!

They did have a pretty interesting drink to try out!

The Neuro Trim is supposed to have fiber to keep you full and promote weight loss. The Neuro Bliss is supposed to make you happy! To avoid any stomach issues while at an event like this, I went with the Neuro Bliss.

Contains:

Acetyl-L-Carnitine – may help promote memory
L-Phenylalanine – a precursor for neurotransmitters
5-Hydroxytryptophan – promotes relaxation
L-Theanine – relaxation and mental function
Eleutherococcus senticosus – helps improve memory and feelings of well-being
Rhodiola Rosea- may help improve attention spand and the body’s ability to handle stress
Ginkgo biloba – promotes healthy circulation, memory and may reduce mental fatigue

I did feel happy but I highly doubt it was from drinking one bottle of this stuff. It was really refreshing and tasted good at least! I am surprised they did not have the NeuroGasm to try out! You’ll understand why I say this a little later in the post.

After about a half hour of chatting and eating, it was time for the speakers. Lisa Steadman, a best-selling author and CEO of Woohoo, spoke first. Her topic was, “”If Your Business Was Your Boyfriend, How Happy Are You?”

She shared the top 5 reasons of why women may not be happy:

1) Not getting the results you want (women beat themselves up).

2) Comparing yourself to others.

3) “Making it work” even if you are not satisfied (job, relationships).

4) Feeling overworked and seeing no progress.

5) Giving too much and not receiving.

Solutions

1) Admit and ackowledge what’s not working.

2) Ask for help.

3) Set realistic goals

I took notes in my pretty Carolina Pad!

The next speaker was Jeffrey Asher, an Estate Planning Attorney. His lecture was called, “What Women Don’t Know About Estate Planning, but Should”. I know he talked about life insurance but I kind of lost him after 5 minutes! I don’t have a long attention span when it comes to insurance talk.

The final speaker was Yolanda Shoshana, a lifestyle expert, sensualist, courtesan coach and speaker, known as the “Luscious Lifestyle Diva.” Her talk was called, “Sensual Adventures for the Single Girl”. This part got a little dirty! She talked about how to, ahem, reach orgasms in every day life. I won’t get into too much detail on here! She did recommend getting massages on a regular basis, sitting down and actually tasting your food, wearing oil-based perfume, and listening to your favorite ipod mix (instead of hearing people curse on the streets). I got excited when she recommended Intensati to everyone! She was a really great speaker.

We were left with my favorite thing…a goodie bag!

The bag included an assortment of teas, Food Should Taste Good chips, more Neuro Bliss, Jonathan Prep Spray, and…..Arousal Oils!! At first I thought the Zestra was birth control!! The oils will be way more exciting!

Mo and I ended the night with giant Whole Foods salads!!

I <3 quinoa and edamame! Can you tell?

It was a great night! The next event is on October 12th if anyone is interested in attending! The topics will be:

“Dump the Slumps! Ways to Boost Your Mood when ‘Dating Fatigue’ Sets In”
“A Woman’s Guide to Your Money Relationship”
“Fertility 101: Essential Tips for the Single Woman”

Tonight I have plans to try a new gym class! I will talk more about it tomorrow! Don’t forget to enter by Body by Bethenny Giveaway!

Women’s Health “Are You Game?”

MissyMaintains — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:54:50 +0000

Hope everyone had a nice weekend! Happy Yom Kippur to my fellow Jew friends! I went home to Philly to celebrate the holiday with my parents. Before heading home on Saturday, I went to the Women’s Health “Are You Game?” event with Mari. When I signed up for this event a few months ago, I did not realize that it was the same day as Yom Kippur. I definitely would not have spent $10 for a ticket if I had known this. I had to head into the city to take the train to Philly anyway so Mari and I decided to stop by the event to at least get our free goodie bags. The event took place at Hudson River Park.

The lined seemed pretty long but there were 3 times as many people at Self Workout in the Park! They should not have scheduled an event like this on a holiday.

We had a beautiful view while waiting in line at least!

Hi Mari.

We walked in and got free Kulae yoga mats!

The yoga mats were the main reason I wanted to stop by since I got jipped out of one at Yoga at the Great Lawn!! We waited for about a half hour and finally made our way in.

We wandered around and spotted a Muscle Milk booth!

I sipped on a Chocolate Muscle Milk Light. I did not fast obviously.

Next we headed to the Asics tent and got some free band balls. I got a few of them at Self Workout in the Park but a girl can never have enough hair bands!

I spotted a free beer sign but did not see any beer! We found out that the beer would not be available until after 2:00. I could not stay that long unfortunately.

We saw a cute guy with nice muscles working at the basketball hoop so we decided to give it a try (the basketball game…not the guy!)

Mari beat me by 2 points! We both kind of sucked but we got a free clutch for trying! We chilled on the benches for a while after and admired the pretty view.

We found a Special K cereal bar but passed because we decided to go to Whole Foods for an early lunch.

The classes were led by Crunch instructors. They included:

Pilates Stride
Street Fighter
Surfboarding
Awesome ’80s Dance
Bliss Yoga
Million Dollar Knockout
Belly, Butt, & Thighs
Burlesque Beat

I did not exercise since I wanted to stay pretty for Yom Kippur dinner but I did watch a few of the classes!

We saw Pilates, a Broadway dance class, and one other hip-hop style class.

They all looked really fun! I am still very curious about the Surfboarding class. I would have loved to watch that one. They had a few other activities such as virtual canoe riding and karaoke in a car!

They even had a mechanical bull. I would need a ton of alcohol in my system to ever try one of those.

We found our friend from intenSati class!

We watched a bit more of the exercise classes and then headed to Whole Foods.

We may not have worked out at the event but we did walk for almost an hour to Whole Foods. We both have absolutely no sense of direction. We also got distracted when we saw a puppy store!

I immediately fell in love!! He was such a little stuffed animal!! Anyone want to give me $2700 so I can give him a home? Puppy and Daisy would make a cute couple! Look at that face!!

Don’t worry; I would not really get a puppy from a puppy store. I know about those puppy mills! We finally parted ways with him and made it to Whole Foods. We both got brown rice shrimp tempura rolls. Don’t judge me for eating shrimp on Yom Kippur. Thanks.

We split a bag of Stacy’s Pita Chips just because they are the best chips ever.

I went home with lots of free stuff!

I can’t wait to try my new yoga mat!

I would definitely go back to the Women’s Health event next year as long as it is not on a holiday again. Next time I would do the exercise classes and stay for the free beer!! Instead I went home, went to synagogue, and had a delicious family dinner of lox and bagels!! My parents took me to the casino after dinner! I’d say it was a great holiday!

If you celebrate Yom Kippur, did you fast?

What else did everyone do this weekend?

I am choosing the winner of the Corona Light T-shirt Giveaway tomorrow! Have a good day!